Throttle Switch
 

Hey Guys, I was cleaning my throttle body, and I thought I should run an electrical check, as proposed by the Haynes manual. One of the terminals was responding to the valve being open/closed, but the other wasn't ... does anyone know or have experienced the symptoms of a bad throttle switch?? It is an 84 944NA ...
Thanks.
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Harvard PhD

is the car running fine? was the throttle position sensor moved or tampered with? if not, dont worry and be happy http://www.pelicanparts.com/ultimate/smile.gif

Thanks Asidrave,
the car does run fine, I was just trying to figure out why my fuel consumption is so bad (about 10Mpg, in town), and I thought that could be one of the reasons. Otherwise, I was just trying to fix the damn idle speed, since it goes nuts sometimes. I've adjusted the idle screw and the throttle position screw, but I still get temperature-dependant idle speeds, where it starts off low (about 800), then rises to 1100 as the engine warms up ... any ideas?
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Poor gas mileage, idle speed bouncing around yet other times ok... I'd take a look at the oxygen sensor... especially if your mileage on the car is high, like over 120K or so...

You read my mind ... I was just thinking of getting down there and checking out the oxygen sensor. I guess a new one would run me about $70 or so ... is there a preferred make? I'm just waiting for the freaking weather to get better here in boston.
Thanks for the suggestions ....
E